New Google Sites

• Easy to embed student-created projects already made in Google Docs, Slides, Sheets, Forms or Charts. They can upload items from Google Drive or a Drive Folder.
• Easy for students to make their own website with drag and drop editing.
• Can embed YouTube videos, images, calendars, or maps for easy viewing.
• Can share the Site with team members and everyone can work on a different section or page.
• Publishing options allow community members to view student work.

IDEAS: Use Google Sites as a school website, digital portfolio, teacher website, Library webpage, class newsletter, Yearbook, photo album, video or tutorial repository, digital journals, surveys, or for publicly sharing student projects. https://sites.google.com

Adobe Spark Page is a free online web page builder and is part of the Adobe Spark site (including Spark Video and Spark Post). No coding or design skills needed to make these professional-looking single page websites.

Students can create web stories, book reports, informational posts, science labs, or poetry pages using videos, pictures and text. Pages are published and best viewed online but can be printed (but without the layout features).

Text, photos and videos instantly come to life with fluid, elegant motion when viewed online. Page uses responsive web design and adapts to any device, creating a delightful read on tablets, phones, or computers. https://spark.adobe.com

Here is video tutorial to explain the difference between an Adobe Spark Post & Page.

Book Creator for Chrome is a simple tool for creating digital books. Students can combine text, images, audio and video to create: interactive stories, digital portfolios, poetry books, science reports, instruction manuals, and comics. The components of the book can be made in other programs (Adobe Spark Video, Google Slides, Online Voice Recorder) and combined together. The final books can be published online or exported as an ePub which can be viewed offline. https://app.bookcreator.com Note: The free version allow for 1 library with 40 books to use in your classroom.

Book Creator for Chrome has a comic format option that allows students to create graphic novels. It includes creative callout shapes, stickers, captions and panels in comic book format. Video Tutorial.

Infographics are a visual representation of data and they can be used to showcase mastery of knowledge as formative or summative assessment. Some infographics are very long and are best viewed online.

Use large fonts, color, graphs, and other visual representations so your reader can quickly understand your information in a visual manner.

Both of these programs offer free basic infographic templates and upgrades to premium versions offer more features - but the free version is adequate for education.

• Canva - Besides other social media options, Canva has tons of free infographic templates that are easy to download as a pdf or you can present them on-screen. https://www.canva.com
• Adobe Spark Post - Like Canva, Spark Post offers infographic templates, as well as social media and poster templates. https://spark.adobe.com
• Piktochart - Has a variety of pre-designed templates and sizes and the free version allows you to download as a png. https://piktochart.com/